Pines Boulevard Auto Dealership Ok'd

January 28, 2005|By Joe Kollin Staff Writer

PEMBROKE PINES — City officials recently approved the development of a Craig Zinn Automotive Group of Hollywood Acura dealership on Pines Boulevard, less than a quarter mile from Zinn's other dealerships.

The 10-acre site, east of Dykes Road and adjacent to Northwest 156th Lane, had been approved earlier for a Chrysler dealership, but that never materialized.

An undeveloped 11 acres remains west of the new dealership, near the Westfork Plaza shopping center. A supermarket is expected to be built there.

The Zinn Acura dealership will abut the Towngate residential development on two sides. Across Pines Boulevard is the Grand Palms development. City officials required the dealership to work with both communities to avoid problems with noise, lights and traffic.

The other Zinn dealership is the Pembroke Pines Auto Plaza, which includes Lexus and Pontiac-GMC-Buick dealerships on the southwest corner of Pines Boulevard and Dykes Road.

City commissioners recently approved the design plan for the 34,771-square-foot dealership after a public hearing. Less than a decade ago, the commission chamber was packed with residents opposing dealerships.

This time, only Isadore Nachimson, of nearby Century Village, objected. In addition to the restrictions on lights and test drives, the Acura dealership promised no outdoor loudspeakers and deliveries only between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. and not on Sundays.